Leeds Tykes is an English rugby union club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the National League 1.
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14 Facts About Leeds Tykes
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Leeds Tykes have bounced between the Premiership and the second-level National Division One, now known as the RFU Championship; they were either promoted or relegated in four consecutive seasons starting in 2006.
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Leeds Tykes were relegated from the Premiership as bottom finishers in 2006, promoted as National Division One champions in 2007, relegated again from the Premiership in 2008, and promoted a second time as National Division One champions in 2009.
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Leeds Tykes were founder members of the Northern Union when it broke away from the Rugby Football Union in 1895.
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Leeds Tykes RUFC was founded in 1991 after the merger of Roundhay and Headingley; Morley RFC was invited to join but declined.
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Leeds Tykes finished 6th in their first season in Premiership Two with the Tongan scoring 250 points and Simon Middleton and Jonathan Scales scoring ten tries apiece.
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In gaining promotion Richard Le Bas scored 337 points and Graham Mackay, a product of Leeds Tykes Rhinos, scored 19 tries, both club season records still extant.
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Leeds Tykes survived their first season after finishing bottom of the league when the National League 1 champions were denied entry into the Premiership in 2002.
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The next season Leeds Tykes finished fifth in the table and made their Heineken Cup debut in December 2003.
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Leeds Tykes were finally relegated after Newcastle Falcons beat Sale Sharks.
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In 2008, Lancaster left Leeds Tykes to take a job at the RFU, replaced by England World Cup winner Neil Back, and Andy Key, both of whom were previously on the coaching staff at Leicester Tigers.
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In May 2009, Leeds Tykes Carnegie announced that it had restructured for the Premiership.
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The Leeds Tykes played Edinburgh in a friendly followed by a Super League game between the Rhinos and London.
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In July 1998 Leeds Tykes RUFC became part of the world's first dual-code rugby partnership, Leeds Tykes Rugby Limited.
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